Startup perk category
Compare serverless & hosting perks for startups and growing teams.
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Hatch is DigitalOcean's global startup program to help startups grow and build in the cloud. Spend less time worrying about cloud infrastructure and more time building great things with up to $1,000 of credits to build and grow your cloud infrastructure.
Vercel gives qualifying startups $3,000 in platform credits to deploy and scale frontend applications — the go-to hosting platform for Next.js, React, and modern web frameworks.
DigitalOcean Hatch gives partner-referred startups $20,000 in credits (12 months) — 20× more than the direct tier — plus 15 months free Standard support, connections to DO PMs and engineers, and a welcome kit including Segment and HubSpot credits.
Neon Startup Program gives qualifying early-stage companies up to $100,000 in Neon credits over 12 months — the serverless Postgres database platform with instant branching; autoscaling to zero; and native CI/CD integration.
Render for Startups gives qualifying early-stage companies credits and access to the Render cloud platform — the modern hosting alternative to Heroku for web services, databases, and background workers.
The Netlify Jamstack Innovation Fund provides early-stage startups building on Jamstack architecture with funding; advisory services; and ecosystem support - helping companies fuel the next generation of the composable web.
AWS Activate Founders gives any self-serve startup $1000 in AWS credits — no partner affiliation required. Apply directly at aws.amazon.com/activate.
AWS Activate Portfolio gives startups affiliated with an approved AWS partner accelerator or VC $5000 in AWS credits; plus AWS Support plan credits and architecture guidance.
AWS Activate Portfolio+ gives startups in select top-tier AWS partner organisations up to $100000 in AWS credits — the highest tier of AWS Activate for high-growth startups.
Render's Scale tier gives funded startups with over $1M raised and top-tier VC backing $25,000 in cloud hosting credits valid for 12 months.
Render's Scale AI tier gives AI and compute-intensive startups with over $2.5M raised up to $100,000 in cloud hosting credits — one of the highest non-hyperscaler credit amounts available to early-stage AI companies.
Render's Build tier gives partner-affiliated startups $5,000 in cloud hosting credits — covering web services, databases, background workers, cron jobs, and persistent processes. A great Heroku alternative with stateful-by-default architecture.
Render's Scale tier gives startups with under $1M raised and top-tier VC backing $10,000 in cloud hosting credits valid for 12 months.
Modal for Startups gives qualifying early-stage AI companies $25000 in compute credits — the serverless cloud platform for deploying custom AI models and Python workloads with GPU acceleration; auto-scaling; and instant cold-start.